Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moxon and Kellett ( 87 ) , rattled up 203 together for the first wicket after Yorkshire had been put in to bat . |
| 2 | Mm , but what I ca n't weigh up is there 's nothing wrong together in the first place |
| 3 | The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped and contiguous only on the first 2–3 arm segments , the plates in profile appear to be slightly swollen . |
| 4 | The current , although only slow , should be able to do this easily in the first few seconds before the crust becomes totally waterlogged and is still buoyant enough to counteract the weight of the bullet . |
| 5 | If you are unable to attend for work for any reason , you must ensure that your immediate Manager is informed before 10 am on the first day of absence so that arrangements can be made to deal with your work . |
| 6 | ‘ Then , if we go ahead with the script , they pay , for the treatment … 50.000,00 then for the first draft … 120.000,00 and for the second draft another 120.000,00 making in all , for the script … 290.000,00 |
| 7 | These talks will all be at the usual time , date and place — 7.30 p.m. on the first Friday of the month , at the Community College , Bishop 's Castle . |
| 8 | These talks will all be at the usual time , date and place — 7.30 p.m. on the first Friday of the month , at the Community College , Bishop 's Castle . |
| 9 | ‘ I became really sick here for the first time and did n't know what was going on , ’ he recalls . |
| 10 | Long Valley Lad ( 9.15 ) looks good enough for the first and Kick The Ball ( 9.45 ) has a perfect Trap 6 draw . |
| 11 | Implementation of the plan and evaluation are so closely intertwined that the four-section cycle is redrawn to highlight the regular to-and-fro between the first ( ‘ sustain commitment ’ ) and the second ( ‘ check progress ’ ) which leads to ‘ overcome problems ’ and then ‘ check successes ’ . |
| 12 | The acrobatics need a great deal of skill but anyone fancying a ride need n't worry if they have a weak stomach , they 'll probably leave that behind after the first manouvre anyway . |
| 13 | That morning I met my father on the middle landing of the stairs , and we were alone together for the first time in the holidays . |
| 14 | Patrick explained it should be stiff enough in the first place in order to stay up , achieved with the help of a product like the one he 'd just used . |
| 15 | Bangor 's new coach Duncan Dysart was happy enough with the first sight of his charges last week and he will have a good opportunity to identify some grey areas when they make the trip to a high-scoring City of Derry tomorrow . |
| 16 | I was full just after the first one . |
| 17 | THE continental Europe recession failed to prevent property and shipping group P&O steaming full ahead in the first six months of the year , pushing interim profits up to £291.6m from £151.2m last time . |
| 18 | It is funny , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , how reluctant I was to say anything like that here in the first few days , how instinctively I felt it might endanger the entire project , how everything might collapse around me the moment I said that . |
| 19 | It was Dad ( as I now knew Malc 's father ) who opened the door at 6.45 p.m. on the first day of 1967 . |
| 20 | HEAVY rains gave way long enough for New Zealand to declare at 325–3 yesterday in the first Test at against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo . |
| 21 | A set of books relevant respectively to the First , Second and Third levels , which constitute the official practical guide to the examination , written by the examiners . |
| 22 | A DISPUTE over a share transfer deal between the owner of Rangers Football Club , David Murray , and the club 's former vice-chairman , Jack Gillespie , remained unresolved yesterday after the first leg of a courtroom clash . |
| 23 | Curzon reported that as early as 1887 , with the line barely completed , 6,000 Central Asian pilgrims used the Trans-Caspian westwards on the first leg of their journey to Mecca . |